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Against Man U, Zlatan Ibrahimovic gave the visitors the lead after half-an-hour, with Henrikh Mkhitaryan doubling their advantage just 45 seconds into the second half, before sub Marcus Rashford added the third in the final minute.

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Sunderland’s task was made immeasurably more difficult by the controversial dismissal of Seb Larsson just before the break for a foul on Ander Herrera, with the score still at 1-0.

Referee Craig Pawson showed the Swede a straight red card, but Moyes was not happy with the decision and there is every chance that Sunderland will appeal against the three match ban that Larsson will face.

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Moyes said: “I’m disappointed that we haven’t taken anything, but there were a few things that didn’t go for us today.

“I’m not saying it would have made a big difference because Manchester United were in control, but we were in the game - we remained in the game, and that was the key, until the sending off changed that.

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“Today, even when we were 2-0 down, we kept going, the tried to take as much risk as we possibly could without taking a battering.”

Moyes was also annoyed at the manner in which Sunderland conceded the first two goals, with Billy Jones allowing Ibrahimovic too much space for the first, while Mkhitaryan got past Lee Cattermole and Lamine Kone too easily for the second.

“We didn’t get tight enough on either of the first two goals,” he said.